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Goldman Sachs & Company Senior Software Engineer - Java - Controls Engineering - NYC - VP - GBM Public in New York, New York
Controls Engineering - VP Software Engineer
We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our Controls Engineering Team in NYC. This team is accountable for platform architecture evolution to meet the evolving needs of different business lines globally with rapid software deployment. As stewards of critical components in order execution and post-trade, the team is accountable for a high degree of software quality. The team consists of self-guided pragmatic individuals who are motivated to change the status quo in calculated ways.
As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. The team takes a data driven approach to decision making and you should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring trading risks for systems and strategies used by our clients.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to overall technical architecture for a team of 15-20 engineers to deliver control digital solutions for managing trading controls of high touch booking and e-trading platforms
- Driven individual with strong analytical, design and architecture skills plus strong UI development skills with good UX experience
- Use data to guide decision-making, developing or enhancing tools as necessary to collect it.
- Understand market rules, regulations, exchange service offerings, front to back business functions and build systems to facilitate them.
- Communication with traders, sales, clients and compliance officers about new systems, feature requests, explanation of existing features etc.
- Ability to efficiently work within a global team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good team player and good interpersonal skills
- Self-starter and able to work in a high paced environment
- Must be willing to handle first line support calls and work on a support rota
- Maintain a focus on quality, attention to detail, communication and delivery to tight timescales
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience
- Strong knowledge of core Java and middle tier systems
- Familiarity with full stack development using HTML5/React.JS/AngularJS/Angular on Typescript
- Real time streaming using Websockets, and/or Restful services, and/or Kafka
- Web development frameworks with NodeJS, Gulp etc
- Frameworks and components like Bootstrap, ag-Grid etc
- Familiarity with testing frameworks (Karma, Jasmine, PhantomJS, Selenium, Cucumber) and concepts of Test Driven Development, Regression and Parametric Testing
- Strong skills in Web services, Spring, Vert-x to support Rest and Websockets
- Strong OO design skills and experience
- Design Patterns knowledge
Preferred Qualifications:
- Linux systems programming experience including memory management, concurrent programming infrastructure, and the networking stack
- Off-heap memory management,
- Distributed server software experience
- JVM internals, tuning for low-latency
- Hardware stack and hardware architecture from a latency perspective
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don't just make things - we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action.
At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative work spaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.
Goldman Sachs has launched an initiative to address regulatory and operation risk in the front office by building superior technology and delivering high quality products. This vision is a multi-year investment in people, platforms and products. Join the team, and participate in the development and launch of best in class products for managing operational and regulatory risks. We are looking for eager, nimble and ambitious engineers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive Goldman Sachs Engineering to achieve and exceed our goals.
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150000-$250000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.
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Minimum Salary: 150000.00 Maximum Salary: 250000.00 Salary Unit: Yearly